NI Tech Forum 2026

NI Tech Forum: Accelerate Your Testing with the Latest NI Solutions

Looking to speed up your testing, improve accuracy, and manage increasingly complex engineering demands? The NI Tech Forum brings engineers, researchers, and innovators across Ireland together for a full day of hands‑on learning, live demos, and expert insights.

Why Attend? 

• Experience real-time data acquisition and control using NI DAQ and PXI 

• See live demos of Instrument Studio, LabVIEW, and integrated test solutions 

• Learn practical techniques to optimize validation, reduce development time, and improve throughput 

Focused Solutions for Semiconductor and Lifesciences 

Discover how NI technology is advancing testing in: 

• Semiconductor validation and characterization 

• Lifesciences instrumentation, diagnostics, and high‑precision measurement 

• Scalable systems that adapt as testing requirements and datasets grow 

Whether you're developing cutting‑edge semiconductor devices or powering innovation in diagnostics, biotech, or medical devices, you’ll learn strategies to make your testing faster, smarter, and future‑ready.  What to expect at the NI Tech Forum

Agenda

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Registration

9:00AM - 9:20AM

Welcome

Sean Fuller - Regional Sales Manager I NI Emerson

9:20AM – 10:00AM

AI-Powered Automated Test and Measurement

Gajan Sivapathasundaram - Sr. Account Manager I NI Emerson

10:00AM – 10:40AM

What's New in NI Hardware & Software

Matthew Surridge - Chief Business Manager I NI Emerson

10:40AM – 11:00AM

Coffee Break and Exhibition

11:00AM – 11:40AM

One RF Platform to Measure Them All  

Kamran Muhammad Ayub - Principal Technical Support Engineer I NI Emerson

11:40AM – 12:15PM

Building and Testing Medical Devices with the NI RIO Platform

Michael Curtin (co presenter-Kamran) - Staff Embedded Software Engineer I BD Research Centre

12:15PM – 1:45PM

Lunch and Exhibition

1:45PM – 5:00PM

PXI and cDAQ Hands-On Session

1:45PM – 2:30PM

Optimizing Signal Paths in HIL Systems: From Architecture to Implementation

Matthew Surridge - Chief Business Manager I NI Emerson

2:30PM – 3:10PM

Test More in Less Time with NI PXI 

Narek Shukhyan - Senior Applications Engineer I NI Emerson

3:10PM – 3:30PM

Coffee Break and Exhibition

3:30PM – 4:15PM

Secure Test Software: How Cybersecurity Will Change Your Job as a Test Engineer 

Tobias Barthelmes - Sales Development Engineer I NI Emerson

4:15PM – 5:00PM

Wrap Up & Happy Hour    

5:00PM

End of Event